Privacy Policy

The controller within the meaning of data protection legislation, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

UniBE Foundation
Claudia Lehnherr
Hochschulstrasse 6
3012 Bern

Phone: +41 31 684 40 15
Email: unibefoundation@unibe.ch
Website: unibefoundation.ch

General information

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, FADP ), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and to protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we make every effort to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. In principle, this website can be visited without registration. Data such as the pages accessed or the names of the files retrieved, and the date and time, are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to you as a person. Personal data, in particular name, address or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, procurement, deletion, saving, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, where and to the extent that the EU GDPR applies, we process personal data on the following legal bases in conjunction with Art. 6(1) GDPR :

  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR) - The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(1)(c) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Protection of vital interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(d) GDPR) - Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
  • Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR) - Where special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severe disability status, or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants as part of the application procedure so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil their obligations in this regard, such data is processed in accordance with Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR; in the case of protecting the vital interests of applicants or other persons, in accordance with Art. 9(2)(c) GDPR; or for the purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, for medical diagnosis, for the provision of health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services, in accordance with Art. 9(2)(h) GDPR. Where special categories of data are disclosed on the basis of voluntary consent, such data is processed on the basis of Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.

We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. Where longer retention obligations apply due to statutory and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Relevant legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases of our data processing. Unless the legal basis is stated in this privacy policy, the following applies: the legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing for the provision of our services and the performance of contractual measures, as well as for responding to enquiries, is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR; the legal basis for processing to comply with our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security measures

In accordance with the statutory requirements, and taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

These measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data, as well as the relevant access, input, transfer, availability safeguards and separation of the data. We have also established procedures to ensure that data subjects’ rights are exercised, that data is deleted and that we respond to threats to the data. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default.

Transfer of personal data

In the course of our processing of personal data, the data may be transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are embedded in a website. In such cases, we comply with the statutory requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve to protect your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)), or if processing takes place in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to other persons, bodies or companies, this is done only in accordance with the statutory requirements.

Subject to express consent or a transfer required by contract or by law, we process data only in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, on the basis of a contractual obligation through the so-called standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission, where certifications exist or on the basis of binding corporate rules (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Privacy policy for cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that contain data from websites or domains visited and are stored by a browser on the user’s computer. The primary purpose of a cookie is to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online service. The information stored may include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping basket or the point at which a video was watched. We also include under the term cookies other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g. when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also referred to as “user IDs”)

A distinction is made between the following cookie types and functions:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online service and closed their browser.
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the browser has been closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, users’ interests used for audience measurement or marketing purposes can be stored in such a cookie.
  • First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us.
  • Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.
  • Necessary (also: essential or strictly necessary) cookies: Cookies may, on the one hand, be strictly necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to save logins or other user input, or for security reasons).
  • Statistics, marketing and personalisation cookies: Furthermore, cookies are generally also used for audience measurement and when a user’s interests or behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used, for example, to show users content that matches their potential interests. This procedure is also referred to as “tracking”, i.e. following the potential interests of users. Insofar as we use cookies or “tracking” technologies, we inform you separately in our privacy policy or when obtaining consent.

Information on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask you for consent. If this is the case and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the consent you have given. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the commercially efficient operation of our online services and their improvement) or, where the use of cookies is necessary, to fulfil our contractual obligations.

Storage period: Unless we provide you with explicit information on the storage period of permanent cookies (e.g. as part of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage period may be up to two years.

General information on withdrawal and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether processing is based on consent or statutory permission, you have the option at any time to withdraw any consent you have given or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (collectively referred to as “opt-out”). You can initially declare your objection via your browser settings, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (although this may also restrict the functionality of our online services). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, you can obtain further information on objections in the details of the service providers and cookies used.

Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent: We use a cookie consent management procedure within the framework of which users’ consent to the use of cookies, or to the processing operations and providers named within the cookie consent management procedure, is obtained and can be managed and withdrawn by users. The declaration of consent is stored so that it does not have to be requested again and so that consent can be demonstrated in accordance with the statutory obligation. Storage may take place on the server side and/or in a cookie (a so-called opt-in cookie, or using comparable technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information on the providers of cookie management services, the following applies: consent may be stored for up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created and stored together with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g. which categories of cookies and/or service providers) and the browser, system and device used.

  • Types of data processed: usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Data subjects: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Legal bases: consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR).

Privacy policy for SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Privacy policy for server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information comprises:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

This data cannot be attributed to specific persons. This data is not combined with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Third-party services

This website may use Google Maps for embedding maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA for protection against bots and spam, and YouTube for embedding videos.

These services provided by the US company Google LLC use cookies, among other things, and as a result data is transferred to Google in the USA. We assume that no personal tracking takes place in this context merely as a result of using our website.

Google has undertaken to ensure adequate data protection in accordance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield frameworks.

Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy (in German).

Privacy policy for the contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the enquiry form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Rights of data subjects

Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the operator of the website as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If you wish to exercise this right to confirmation, you may contact the data protection officer at any time.

Right of access

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to obtain from the operator of this website, at any time and free of charge, information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. In addition, information may be provided on the following, where applicable:

  • the purposes of the processing
  • the categories of personal data processed
  • the recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed
  • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
  • the existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them, or restriction of processing by the controller, or the right to object to such processing
  • the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • where the personal data is not collected from the data subject: any available information as to its source

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject also has the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If you wish to exercise this right of access, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to rectification

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to obtain the rectification without undue delay of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject also has the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If you wish to exercise this right to rectification, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary
  • The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal ground for the processing
  • The data subject objects to the processing on grounds relating to their particular situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in the case of direct marketing and related profiling
  • The personal data has been processed unlawfully
  • The personal data must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject
  • The personal data was collected in relation to the offer of information society services made directly to a child

If one of the above grounds applies and you wish to have personal data stored by the operator of this website erased, you may contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will ensure that the request for erasure is complied with without undue delay.

Right to restriction of processing

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to obtain from the controller of this website restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data
  • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of its use instead
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject requires it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
  • The data subject has objected to the processing on grounds relating to their particular situation, pending verification of whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject

If one of the above conditions applies and you wish to request the restriction of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you may contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

Right to data portability

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to receive the personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. They also have the right to have this data transmitted to another controller where the statutory requirements are met.

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To assert the right to data portability, you may contact the data protection officer appointed by the operator of this website at any time.

Right to object

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning them.

In the event of an objection, the operator of this website will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or where the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

To exercise the right to object, you may contact the data protection officer of this website directly.

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Every data subject whose personal data is processed has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Privacy policy regarding objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact details published in accordance with the legal obligation to provide an imprint for the purpose of sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example by spam emails.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently. By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account via which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want your data to be assigned to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact Google. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and the setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy (in German).

Google Ads

This website uses Google conversion tracking. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google Ads will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an advertisement placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognise that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this – for example, via a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies, or by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com”.

Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies as long as you do not wish measurement data to be recorded. If you have deleted all your cookies in your browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter “Google”. The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entered on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web services from abusive automated spying and from spam. For further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

Privacy policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller responsible for data processing on this website is based outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

The statistics obtained enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings there under “My data”, “personal data”.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Please note that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “_anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are processed in truncated form, so that they cannot be linked to a specific person. Insofar as the data collected about you relates to a person, this link is therefore excluded immediately and the personal data is deleted without delay.

Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with further services relating to website and internet use.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics (in German).

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Deactivate Google Analytics (in German). This stores a so-called opt-out cookie on your storage medium, which prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted, i.e. you will need to set the opt-out cookies again if you wish to continue preventing this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set per browser and computer/device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer or other device.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Web Fonts

To ensure the uniform display of fonts, this website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus, for example, integrate Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online services. The Tag Manager itself, which implements the tags, does not process any personal data of users. With regard to the processing of users’ personal data, please refer to the following information on the Google services. Use policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html (in German).

Privacy policy for the use of Hotjar

This website uses the Hotjar service to improve user-friendliness. Hotjar Ltd. is a European company based in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe). Mouse clicks as well as mouse and scroll movements can be recorded. Keystrokes made on this website can also be recorded. Personalised information is not recorded in the process. Hotjar uses a tracking code to collect and transmit your data. As soon as you visit our website, the Hotjar tracking code automatically collects data based on your activity and stores it on the Hotjar servers (located in Ireland). In addition, the cookies placed on your computer or device by the website also collect data. For further information on how Hotjar works, please visit this page: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy.

If you wish to object to the collection of data by Hotjar (opt-out), please click here: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out.

Privacy policy for Facebook

This website uses functions of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you access our pages containing Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. Data is already transferred to Facebook in the process. If you have a Facebook account, this data may be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking on a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. You can find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy (in German).

Privacy policy for Twitter

This website uses functions of Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you access our pages containing Twitter plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Twitter servers. Data is already transferred to Twitter in the process. If you have a Twitter account, this data may be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Twitter account, please log out of Twitter before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular clicking on a “Re-Tweet” button, are also passed on to Twitter. You can find out more at https://twitter.com/privacy.

Privacy policy for Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into our website. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or of its use by Instagram.

Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

Privacy policy for LinkedIn

Within our online services, we use the marketing services of the social network LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”).

These use cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer. This enables us to analyse your use of the website. For example, we can measure the success of our advertisements and show users products in which they have previously shown an interest.

This includes, for example, information on the operating system and browser, the website you previously visited (referrer URL), which websites the user has visited, which offers the user has clicked on, and the date and time of your visit to our website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted in pseudonymised form to a LinkedIn server in the USA and stored there. LinkedIn therefore does not store the name or email address of the respective user. Rather, the above data is assigned only to the person for whom the cookie was generated. This does not apply if the user has permitted LinkedIn to process data without pseudonymisation or has a LinkedIn account.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also object to the use of your data directly with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

We use LinkedIn Analytics to analyse the use of our website and to improve it on a regular basis. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. All LinkedIn companies have adopted the standard contractual clauses to ensure that the data traffic to the USA and Singapore required for the development, execution and maintenance of the services takes place lawfully. Where we ask users for consent, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the use of LinkedIn Analytics is Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR.

Third-party information: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2 Ireland; User Agreement (in German) and Privacy Policy (in German).

External payment service providers

This website uses external payment service providers, via whose platforms users and we can carry out payment transactions. For example, via

  • PostFinance (https://www.postfinance.ch/de/detail/rechtliches-barrierefreiheit.html)
  • Visa (https://www.visa.de/nutzungsbedingungen/visa-privacy-center.html)
  • Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.ch/de-ch/datenschutz.html)
  • American Express (https://www.americanexpress.com/de/legal/online-datenschutzerklarung.html)
  • Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)
  • Bexio AG (https://www.bexio.com/de-CH/datenschutz)
  • Payrexx AG (https://www.payrexx.ch/site/assets/files/2592/datenschutzerklaerung.pdf)
  • Apple Pay (https://support.apple.com/de-ch/ht203027)
  • Stripe (https://stripe.com/ch/privacy)
  • Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/)
  • Skrill (https://www.skrill.com/de/fusszeile/datenschutzrichtlinie/)
  • Giropay (https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutzerklaerung) etc.

In the context of the performance of contracts, we use the payment service providers on the basis of the Swiss Data Protection Ordinance and, where necessary, Art. 6(1)(b) EU GDPR. In all other respects, we use external payment service providers on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to the Swiss Data Protection Ordinance and, where necessary, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) EU GDPR, in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options.

The data processed by the payment service providers includes master data, such as name and address, bank details, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, amount and recipient-related information. This information is required in order to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is processed only by the payment service providers and stored by them. As the operator, we do not receive any information about the (bank) account or credit card, but only information confirming (accepting) or declining the payment. In certain circumstances, the payment service providers may transmit the data to credit reference agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to verify identity and creditworthiness. In this regard, please refer to the general terms and conditions and privacy notices of the payment service providers.

Payment transactions are subject to the terms and conditions and privacy notices of the respective payment service providers, which can be accessed on the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and for the assertion of rights of withdrawal, access and other data subject rights.

Privacy policy for YouTube

Functions of the “YouTube” service are integrated into this website. “YouTube” is owned by Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates the services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with “YouTube” consists of the terms and conditions available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de (in German). These terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and “YouTube” regarding the use of the services. Google’s privacy policy explains how “YouTube” handles your personal data and protects your data when you use the service.

Note on data transfers to the USA

Our website includes, among other things, tools from companies based in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. Please note that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It therefore cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or to the specifically named rights holders. The prior written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained for the reproduction of any files.

Anyone who infringes copyright without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and possibly to pay damages.

General disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We endeavour to ensure that the information we provide is up to date, correct and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, correctness and timeliness of information, including information of a journalistic or editorial nature. Liability claims for material or immaterial damage caused by the use of the information provided are excluded unless there is proven intentional or grossly negligent fault.

The publisher may change or delete texts at its own discretion and without notice and is not obliged to update the content of this website. Use of and access to this website is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its clients or partners are not responsible for any damage, such as direct, indirect, incidental, specifically predetermined or consequential damage, allegedly caused by visiting this website and consequently accept no liability for it.

Likewise, the publisher accepts no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links on this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher therefore expressly dissociates itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that may offend common decency.

Changes

We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies. Where the privacy policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by email or in another appropriate manner in the event of an update.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.

Source: SwissAnwalt (in German)